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Here’s a little bit of feedback from two of the bands that you voted for in our BEST OF 2023 poll. CRUCIAMENTUM vocalist / guitarist Dan Lowndes was totally blown away by the fact, that their new album “Obsidian Refractions” made it straight to number one: “That’s awesome, it’s a real honor to receive such a high accolade from you. I’ve been following the zine for as long as I can remember. We all really appreciate it, thank you!” Pat Ranieri, guitarist / vocalist of HELLWITCH, was also very happy about the fact that their new album “Annihilational Intercention” made it to number seven in the poll: “Woooooww! Thanks for sharing this with me! I’m honored that so many of my contemporaries like the new album!!!”
On March 22, 2024 Wolves Of Hades will release “Nocturnal Will”, the fourth full-length from Swedish Black Metal / Crust four-piece DÖDSRIT, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Irjala’, ‘Nocturnal Fire’, ‘Ember And Ash’, ‘Utmed Gyllbergens Stig’, ‘As Death Comes Reaping’ and ‘Celestial Will’. The cover artwork was created by Burney. You can already stream ‘Nocturnal Fire’ over here. More about DÖDSRIT at www.facebook.com/dodsrit
Finnish Black Metallers NOCTURNAL SORCERY have just revealed the track ‘Beyond Salvation’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Captive In The Breath Of Life”, which will be released on February 09, 2024 via Kvlt. The previously revealed ‘Redemption At Daybreak’ can still be checked out over here. The complete tracklist of “Captive In The Breath Of Life” reads like this: ‘The Dark Secret’, ‘Oath At Mt. Hermon’, ‘Cry Of The Wounded Heaven’, ‘Captive In The Breath Of Life’, ‘Spectral Force’, ‘Beyond Salvation’, ‘Joyless Dance In The Shadow’, ‘Redemption At Daybreak’, ‘Damned By The Law Of The Stars’, ‘Lucifer’s Shade’ and ‘Along The Path Of Fire’. www.kvlt.fi
Portland, Oregon based Death Metallers PETRIFICATION will release their sophomore full-length “Sever Sacred Light” via Svart Records on February 09, 2024. The album’s second single ‘Sepulchral Lesions’ can now be streamed at this location. More about PETRIFICATION at www.facebook.com/petrificationdm
Polish DEFYING will release their new album “Wadera” on February 23, 2024 via the Italian label These Hands Melt on CD and digitally. It was recorded and produced by Tomasz Semeniuk in 2022, mixed and mastered by Filip Halucha at Heinrich House Studio (AZARATH, BEHEMOTH, ENTROPIA, OBSCURE SPHINX) and the cover artwork was created by Pawel Siemaszko. “Wadera” is a concept album inspired by the Polish horror film “The Wolf” (1983) and the short story “Wadera” (1977) by Jerzy Gieraltowski. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Tempus Infaustum’, ‘…Miast Cichać Szemrają…’, ‘The Fugue’, ‘Incomprehensibly Woken’, ‘The Acquaintance Shade’, ‘The Lurking Spectres’, ‘Cremaberis Igne Aeternoi’, ‘Reluctant To The Grave’, ‘Misbegotten’ and ‘Quietus’. You can already watch a video for ‘Tempus Infaustum’ over here. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/defyingpoland
Brazilian Death Metallers ESCARNIUM have just released a lyric video for a brand new track, entitled ‘The Pyrocene’s Might’, at this location. It was recorded by Sergej Dukart at Walswerk Tonstudio in Germany and Reinaldo Jr. at RMS Studio in Brazil and mixed and mastered by Sergej Dukart. ‘The Pyrocene’s Might’ will be featured on the upcoming, fourth ESCARNIUM full-length in a re-recorded version. www.facebook.com/escarnium
Swedish / US Death Metallers RIBSPREADER have just released a lyric video for ‘Further Into Decay’ over here. The song will be featured on their upcoming tenth full-length “Reap Humanity”, which will be released on January 16, 2024 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. You can still listen to the album’s first advance single ‘A Fleshless Gathering’ at this location. The full “Reap Humanity” tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Skeletal Towers’, ‘A Fleshless Gathering’, ‘Reap Humanity’, ‘Count Damnation’, ‘As The Ghouls Are Summoned’, ‘Like Breeding Vermin’, ‘Further Into Decay’, ‘Human Fodder’ and ‘Shrouded In Despair’. More about RIBSPREADER at: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044948155884
Irish Black Metal two-piece HASTURIAN VIGIL has just premiered the track ‘Ikaath The Seven Horned’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Unveiling The Brac’thal”, which will be released on February 02, 2024 via Invictus Productions. The previously revealed ‘Nine Bellowing Hounds’ can still be streamed over here. The full “Unveiling The Brac’thal” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ikaath The Seven Horned’, ‘Apparitions Of Torment’, ‘Nine Bellowing Hounds’ and ‘Velvet Paintings Gaze’. For more HASTURIAN VIGIL info please visit www.facebook.com/hasturianvigil
On January 09, 2024 “Apocryphal Spells”, the 2012 EP from Portuguese Black Metallers DECAYED, will be re-released on digipak CD (limited to 200 copies) via Haloran Records in its complete version, fully remastered. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Apocryphal Intro’, ‘First Spell’, ‘Second Spell’, ‘Third Spell’, ‘Final Spell’ and ‘Divine Ambrosia’. The EP was originally released on vinyl 7″ via Hoth Records, limited to 40 copies. www.facebook.com/dkd666
Long Island, New York based progressive Death Metal duo IAPETUS has inked a deal with Willowtip Records. The band is currently working on their third full-length album for the label. www.facebook.com/iapetus.metal
Dutch Black Metallers FUNERAL WINDS have just revealed the track ‘Birthed By Pure Malevolence’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s eighth full-length “333”, which will be released on January 26, 2024 via Osmose Productions. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Sovereign Of Shadows’, ‘Eternal Nightmare’, ‘Cast The Gauntlet Of Doom’, ‘Ancient Wrath Unleashed’, ‘The Damned Ones Shall Rise’, ‘Forever Cursed And Bound’, ‘Birthed By Pure Malevolence’ and ‘Conjuration Of The Blind One’. www.facebook.com/funeralwindsbm
Chilean Death Metallers UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN have just premiered the track ‘Dho Hna Formula’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sixth full-length “Häxan Sabaoth”, which will be released on February 02, 2023 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Lamia Sucuba’ can still be streamed at this location. Here’s the album’s complete tracklist: ‘Lamia Sucuba’, ‘Cuatro Velas De Cebo Infantil’, ‘Our Almighty Chthonic Lords’, ‘Hexennippel’, ‘Dho Hna Formula’, ‘Back To The Mother Hydra And Father Dagon’ and ‘Die Teufelsbucher’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063628153991
Boston’s TORN IN HALF and Little Rock’s OPEN KASKET will join forces on a Death Metal split release entitled “Prayers Returned With Pain”, which will be released on cassette tape and digital formats via Isolated Incidents. TORN IN HALF are featured with the tracks ‘Stained With Remains (Ft. Dysentery & Vomit Forth)’ and ‘Utter Decimation’, while OPEN KASKET contributed ‘Putrid Existence’ and ‘Chemical Death (Ft. Zashed)’. https://instagram.com/torn.inhalf, www.facebook.com/openkaskethc
Brazilian Dark Metallers LITOSTH have just premiered the track ‘A Ofensa’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Cesariana”, which will be released on February 02, 2024 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘Whipping Bottles’ can additionally be checked out over here. The complete “Cesariana” tracklist reads like this: ‘In Waves’, ‘Whipping Bottles’, ‘Time Doesn’t Heal’, ‘The Clay Messiah’, ‘A Ofensa’, ‘The Argonaut’, ‘Caesarean’ and ‘The Vaccum Extractor Paradigm’. www.facebook.com/litosthofficial
Finnish Black Metallers HOLLOW WOODS have just premiered the track ‘Night Burns Through’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Like Twisted Bones Of Fallen Giants”, which will be released on February 02, 2024 via Signal Rex. The previously revealed album track ‘Burial Fires’ can still be streamed at https://hollowwoods.bandcamp.com. The complete “Like Twisted Bones Of Fallen Giants” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ancient Graves’, ‘Beneath The Dying Tower’, ‘Night Burns Through’, ‘Halls Of Idle Breath’, ‘Interlude / Among Ruins’, ‘Burial Fires’ and ‘Like Twisted Bones Of Fallen Giants’.
The results of our BEST OF 2023 poll are online now. You can check them out in detail at this location. Thanks to everyone who participated.
Italian Horror Death Metal band TENEBRO has just released a new 2-song EP entitled “La Bestia Dell’Isola Maledetta”. You can stream it at this location. A free download of it is additionally available over here. The band’s second album “Ultime Grida Dalla Giungla” was released back in November 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. www.instagram.com/tenebro.official
German Death / Thrashers BOUNDLESS CHAOS have just premiered the track ‘Rip Out The Roots’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Sinister Upheaval”, which will be released on January 19, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. Malte Gericke (SIJJIN, ex – NECROS CHRISTOS) contributed guest vocals to the track ‘Guillotine’, which can be checked out here. A third album track, ‘Down’, is available at this location. The full “Sinister Upheaval” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Down’, ‘High Tension’, ‘Arson From Beyond’, ‘Kromer’s Whistle’, ‘Guillotine’, ‘Tyrant’s Call’, ‘Blasphemous Rupture’, ‘Rip Out The Roots’ and ‘Demons Unchained’. www.facebook.com/boundlesschaos
Romanian one-man Black Metal band INSEPULTUS has released its debut full-length “Deadly Gleams Of Blood, Steel And Fire” on December 15, 2023 as jewel case CD, plus a strictly limited slipcase CD edition (100 copies) via Loud Rage Music. You can check out the album track ‘The Wreckage Of The Earth’ at this location. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550529628463
Romanian Death Metallers VORUS will release their third full-length “Desolate Eternities” in early Spring 2024 via Loud Rage Music. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Desolate In Eternity’, ‘The Phantom Fear’, ‘Moribund’s Hollow Gaze’, ‘Deathly Cycle Of Existence’, ‘Blood-Sucking Leech’, ‘Dormant Malignancy’, ‘Obscure Delusional Chasms’, ‘Escape From Beyond’, ‘Aether Of The Abyss’ and ‘Dragged Into Oblivion’. A demo version of ‘Aether Of The Abyss’ is now streaming over here. The “Desolate Eternities” cover artwork was created by Swedish artist Jan Pysander Whitney. www.facebook.com/vorusdeath
Serbian Black Metallers KOLAC will release their self-titled third full-length album on February 03, 2024 via Pest Records. A visualizer video for the track ‘Eppur Si Muove’ can already be found at this location. www.facebook.com/kolachorde
Finnish Black Metallers WHITE DEATH have just revealed a video for ‘Deathstruction’ at this location. The song is a bonus track on the band’s sophomore full-length “Iconoclast”, which will be released on December 29, 2023 via Werewolf Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow next year. A full album stream you will find over here. More about WHITE DEATH at www.facebook.com/unholywhitedeath
Polish female fronted melodic Death Metallers WARBELL have just released a video for ‘Melancholical’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming EP “Ruin”, which will be out on April 01, 2024. The lyrics for ‘Melancholical’ were inspired by Sotha Sil, a half-god from The Elder Scrolls series. The production, mixing, video shoot and editing was done by the band. www.facebook.com/warbellband
Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE have just released a video for ‘Bazookiller’ at this location. The song is the titletrack of their latest EP, which was released in September via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. www.facebook.com/holycide
Romanian Death Metallers NECROTUM have just premiered the track ‘Shattered Flow Of Time’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Defleshed Exhumation”, which will be released on January 22, 2024 via Memento Mori. The previously revealed album track ‘Warped In Entrails’ can still be checked out at this location. The complete “Defleshed Exhumation” tracklist reads like this: ‘Warped In Entrails’, ‘Noxious Breeze’, ‘Incomprehensible Forms’, ‘Dissolved In The Flesh Pits’, ‘Mouldered Orb’, ‘Shattered Flow Of Time’, ‘Psychotic Apparitions’, ‘Ghastly Metropolis’ and ‘As I Behold I Despise’ (DEMIGOD cover). www.facebook.com/necrotumdm